The Vikings pulled away in the final minutes of the game for a 75-68 win against Northwest Nazarene University on Thursday, Feb. 16, at Sam Carver Gymnasium. Guard Corinn Waltrip had the game high of 18 points. Vikings improved 17-6 overall and 11-4 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.
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From left: Western sophomore Emily Vogt, senior Alex Ferrell, and senior Mia Wright sell baked goods on Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Parks Hall for the Northwest Human Resource Management Association club. All proceeds from the donation-based fundraiser are to help members go to a Portland conference in April. Other fundraisers for the club include the popular pub crawl put on in the spring, Wright says.
The Vikings won 77-72 against University of Alaska Fairbanks on Saturday, Feb. 11, in Sam Carver Gymnasium. The Vikings need two wins out of four final games in their regular season to secure the top seed in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.
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Western’s Performing Arts Center Concert Hall was sold out Friday night for the Queer Resource Center’s 20th Annual Drag Show. The show featured song and dance from Western students and local drag queens and kings. All proceeds from the event went to the Sean Humphrey House and Evergreen AIDS Foundation.
The Vikings won their eighth game in a row with 59-50 against Alaska Anchorage University on Thursday, Feb. 9, at Sam Carver Gymnasium. The win shattered AAU’s six game winning streak and kept the Vikings ranked number one in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. Guard John Allen scored the team-high of 15 points.
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The Career Services Center held their annual Etiquette Dinner on Feb. 8 in the VU Multipurpose Room. Crystal Stanfield, a talent acquisition specialist and alumna of WSU, spoke during this formal dinner event. Throughout the three course meal, Stanfield gave tips on proper etiquette during a formal business dinner. Her tips covered everything from which fork to use first, to keeping a conversation flowing and avoiding an awkward dinner with employers.
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After ending the first half at 37-24, the Vikings broke away to take the win against Saint Martin’s University 83-50 on Saturday, Feb. 4, in Sam Carver Gymnasium.
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Western Utility Worker Pete Elich, left, digs up the stone plaque above the 1912 time capsule along the walkway in front of Old Main, Feb. 3. The 1912 capsule is the first to be unearthed.
Pete Elich searches the dirt for a box containing the artifacts from Western’s 1912 time capsule. The time capsule was not found.
Western Anthropology professor Sarah Campbell, top, and Pete Elich sneak a peak under the plaque for the 1913 time capsule to see if they could find anything. Campbell and the workers from Campus Facilities Management decided to cut both the 1912 and 1913 plaque slabs open to see if the capsules are inside.
The Vikings beat Western Oregon University 68-59 on Thursday, Feb. 2, in Sam Carver Gymnasium. Forward Kristin Schramm scored the game-high of 22 points. The Vikings remain second in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference at 8-3.
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Western junior Josiah Kobernik strums on his guitar on Feb. 1 inside a tunnel near the Fairhaven Complex. Kobernik said he was playing in the tunnel because it sounds "really cool" with the guitar beats bouncing off the tunnel walls.
